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# Publishing Systems Coordinator

- **Company:** BMJ
- **Location:** London, UK (Remote available)
- **Salary:** £43,522.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** HTML, Data Integrity, Systems Integration, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Api Design, Web Api
- **Published:** June 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f836305eef083d71

## About the Role

Do you have experience in XML?, You will need knowledge of HTML and XML, and some experience using API calls would be preferable. Experience in a Science, Technical and Medical (STM) publishing environment would be desirable. Knowledge of the peer review process would also be beneficial., Essential

 * Proven experience in a Science, Technical and Medical (STM) publishing environment
 * Strong working knowledge of HTML and XML
 * Demonstrated stakeholder management skills, including collaboration with internal teams and external suppliers

Desirable

 * Experience working with APIs and system integrations
 * Knowledge of the Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS) XML standard
 * Understanding of academic peer review workflows and publishing processes
 * Experience designing or delivering user training on systems and operational processes
 * Experience participating in departmental and organisation-wide projects and initiatives

## Description

This role is based out of our London office, however the models of working at BMJ support a flexible approach; it is expected that the role will be 'remote first'. The Platforms team typically have monthly in-person team meetings and there will be a requirement to attend occasional ad hoc meetings with users and stakeholders in our London office., * Provide technical advice, support, training and documentation for all system users (editors, reviewers, authors and internal customers)

 * Main point of day-to-day contact for suppliers of publishing systems ScholarOne Kriyadocs / RightsLink
 * Liaise with suppliers around development requests following established processes and ways of working
 * To suggest, trial and implement improvements to the systems workflows,
 * Maintaining knowledge of new systems and products within the Publishing environment
 * To evaluate and test alternative systems and products
 * Coordinate data integrity across submission and production systems
 * To manage, contribute and support departmental and company wide projects


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